Parade-Song Of The Camp-Animals by Rudyard Kipling: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Parade-Song Of The Camp-Animals that begins with:

Elephants of the Gun-Teams
We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, our, and, to, ta are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines trombone is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words dundee, spare, i at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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